1900s Movies

A modern reimagining of the trick film, combining the love of spectacle, the artist's process and the dark state of today's politics.

Story of Annette Kellerman, the international swimming vaudeville and silent screen star whose life story inspired the MGM classic Million Dollar...

The epic and poetic tale of the early years of Italian cinema, from 1896 to 1930: how peplum was born, how the first stars shone, how many daring...

Seven people waiting for their death. A group of assasins - three men and two women - and Gypsy thief spend their time in prison to be tucked up.

Xiao Xiao is sold into arranged marriage with a 2 year old boy, who she must raise as his nanny until he is old enough to marry her. She is expected...

Belgradian parades and everyday street scenes.

After finding some relics in an open grave, two young siblings share an up-close experience with death at the cause of their own hand.

The well-dressed Edwardian ladies and gents of the county tour the annual agricultural show.

Rare documentary footage from around 1900 depicts the mood of life in Berlin at the turn of the century.

The story of a young poet who became a symbol for Finnish optimism and was subsequently forced underground during Tsar Nicholas II's oppressive...

In 1900, Stepha, the vivacious 30 year old daughter of a wealthy couple, agrees to marry her cousin Paul, who has accumulated large debts as an...

A small house is devastated by the irrepressible force of the Ñuble river. Anita is rescued from the riverbank while her parents disappear...

A series of 12 short movies from the start of the twentieth century. These movies were the first adult movies, and, according to the film-maker...